Facebook and Instagram accounts flooded with voting reminders

You may be wondering why you're seeing pop-ups on your Facebook and Instagram accounts with voting reminders.

TO GET YOU INVOLVED IN THE2020 ELECTION& WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5QUESADA TAKES A CLOSER LOOK ATTHE POP UPS ON YOUR ACCOUNAND WHAT THEY MEAN.13:03:28 YOU MAY HAVE NOTICEDWHEN YOU SIGNED INTO YOURFACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTSTHAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA APPS AREPROVIDING USERS WITH ELECTIONRELATED REMINDERS - BUT THEQUESTION IS WHAT INFORMATIONARE THEY COLLECTING FROM YOU?PKG: ITYOU SIGN ONTO FACEBOOK ORINSTAGRAM 13:07:13 YEAH EVERYTIME HAVE YOU REGISTERED TOVOTE?

REGISTER TO VOTE HEREFOR FLORIDA THIS SUMMER THEFACEBOOK ANNOUNCED ITCONDUCTING THE LARGEST VOTINGINFORMATION CAMPAIGN AIMING TOHELP 4 MILLION VOTERS REGISTERUSING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, ANDMESSENGER.

DEPENDING ON YOURSTATE THE SOCIAL MEDIAPLATFORM IS PROVIDING YOUINFORMATION ON WHEN TO VOTEEARLY, VOTE BY MAIL, ORREGISTER TO VOTE ON ELECTIONDAY.

12:58:10 FACEBOOK HASNHAD A GOOD SERIES OFREPUTATION - THEYDATA, ITS UNCLEAR WHERE DATAIS BEING STORED, WERUSSIAN MEDDLING IN ELECTIONSBEFORE INTERNET SECURITYEXPERT ALAN CROWETZ WASSKEPTICAL AT FIRSTFURTHER INVESTIGATION WELEARNED FACEBOOK IS TAKINGUSERS TO LEGITIMATE STATE ANDCOUNTY SITES TO GET IMPORTANTVOTER INFORMATIONPOSSIBLE YOU COULD SEE SIMILARADS ON OTHER SOCIAL MEDIAPLATFORMS THAT LOOKLEGITIMATE.

PALM BEACHCOUNTYELECTIONS SAYS MAKE SUREYOU13:50:23 WE WANT PEOPLE TOKNOW THAT IF THEY ARE GIVINGOUT PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKETHAT THAT THEY ARE DOING IT ATTHE RIGHT PLACE 13:50:30 WEDONINFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTYTHAT MAY BE DOING SOMETHINGWRONG WITH IT MICHELLE QUESADAWPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5.A CLOUDY DAY WITH A LITTLERELIEF FROM THEHEAT...ESP